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What are the rules for blowing train horns

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 7:19 PM
 railfan619 wrote:
Hi everyone. I got me a question when i was leaving for work this morning a Union Pac train was going though West Allis which only a mile or so from my house. and they got 6 or 7 crossings in a row and he went though at about 4:25 4:30 this morning just laying on his horn. and I mean it was a loud too. You could hear it from up two 2 or 3 miles away it was that loud. So now my question to you guys is what is the law about blowing ahorn that early in the morning and can the local cops stop the train and give the crew a ticket for distubing the peace that early in the morning.
IT IS SAPOSSED TO BE TWO LONGS,ONE SHORT,AND ONE LONG. BUT NO MATTER THE CASE. NO RAILROAD FOLLOWS THE RULES. I HAVE SEE BOTH UP AND BNSF BREAK ALL THE RULES.
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What are the rules for blowing train horns
Posted by railfan619 on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 6:37 PM
Hi everyone. I got me a question when i was leaving for work this morning a Union Pac train was going though West Allis which only a mile or so from my house. and they got 6 or 7 crossings in a row and he went though at about 4:25 4:30 this morning just laying on his horn. and I mean it was a loud too. You could hear it from up two 2 or 3 miles away it was that loud. So now my question to you guys is what is the law about blowing ahorn that early in the morning and can the local cops stop the train and give the crew a ticket for distubing the peace that early in the morning.

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